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Wednesday, 12 October 2011

Walking Past

GXR A12 50mm, f5.0, 1/810, ISO 200, RAW, 50mm

It is funny how things change over time, when I started with photography I waited for people to get out of my pictures. Now if I see an interesting scene, I wait for people to get into my picture to add more life to it.

After using the GXR Mount A12 for he past weeks I wanted to use one of the lensors again. It is quite strange going back to an AF lens and one without controls on it and if I am honest, I prefer using the GXR A12-M although the GXR A12 28mm and 50mm modules complement it very well and make for the current best mirrorless camera system in my view.

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The other day I was taking a shot in downtown Jacksonville and happened to see someone walking towards me along the pavement. I wanted them in the shot to add a bit of interest to the foreground. So I waited for them to reach the desired point.

Of course, they saw me with the camera and just as they were about to reach the point where I planned to fire the shutter, they walked out the shot. I guess they thought they were doing the polite thing.

There is something inordinately satisfying about the hands-on approach with manual lenses. It's similar to having manual transmission in a car.